Käesolevas seaduses sätestatakse turustamisotstarbelise toidutoorme ja toidu käitlemise alused, käitleja enesekontroll ning riiklik järelevalve toidu ohutuse ja muudele nõuetele vastavuse tagamiseks.
Monitoring compliance with the Community health standards makes it necessary to have inspection rules (e.g. in the case of slaughtering, an "ante mortem" and a "post mortem" inspection procedure), self-checking arrangements for establishments, product marking, stamping and labelling rules, and rules governing certificate and other document requirements. /.../ In addition, they must be capable of ensuring that their products comply with the Community health standards, in particular microbiologically and as regards contaminants. This means that they must have the necessary means of control (self-checking).
